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• No author ever spar'd a brother.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Elephant and the Bookselle...
• Those who in quarrels interpose Must often wipe a bloody nose.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Mastiff...
• And when a lady 's in the case, You know all other things give place.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Hare and many Friend...
• Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Painter who pleased Nobody and Everybody...
• Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplatio
  Title and profit I resign; The post of honour shall be mine....
• Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Shepherd and the Philosophe...
• In ev'ry age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Rat-catcher and Ca...
• Is there no hope? the sick man said; The silent doctor shook his head.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Sick Man and the Angel...
• From wine what sudden friendship springs!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part ii, The Squire and his Cu...